Settler of township lots: Lot 8, Conc. 13, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot running north from Crooked House Road through Hwy 118 west of Town Lot Road.

Land acquisition: 1929 from Edward Cameron. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 20).

Other land: 

• Lots 8 & 9, Conc. 12, Minden - 1880 Patent from The Crown; 1914 to John Carew 1917 to David Wesley Cox. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Images 17 & 19).
• Lot 7, Conc. 13, Minden - 1911 Patent from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 210).
• Lot 8, Conc. 13, Minden - 1891 from Andrew Barnum. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 210).

Dates of residency:

• 1893 Minden Township Directory: G H McKay, Petersons Cors
• 1903 Business Directory, Minden: G H McKay, Petersons Cor, Lot 9, Conc. 13, Minden
• 1911 Census of Canada: George McKay and Eldon Bull. Lot 8, Conc. 1, Stanhope
• 1918 Stanhope Post Office List: Lot 11, Conc. 9. At this date, this property was owned by William Gartshore
  - Geo McKay, Halls Lake
  - Earl McKay, Halls Lake
• 1921 Census of Canada: Hindon

Interesting facts:

The first of the McKays to take up land near Minden was the father of George Henry McKay [George H McKay (1837-1907)] who formerly lived at Wyoming, Ont. That George McKay followed the driving trade [lumber industry] is indicated in an old account book which records his purchase of a pair of driving boots and caulks in June of 1894. His son, Earl, by a first marriage to Minnie Gartshore, was to become one of the most outstanding white water men ever to drive the Gull River. Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg.287

On his death registration, he is described as a former farmer and mail carrier.

First landowner: 1866 William Wright

Succeeding landowner: 1929 H A Nesbitt

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

Image: Canadian Post (Lindsay, ONT), 16 Dec 1898 Blairhampton News